Run for Gold

Run for Gold is a video game in the strategy genre developed by Five Ways Software Ltd. and published by Hill MacGibbon originally released in 1985. It is currently playable on Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC.

Run for Gold is a single-player track and field game in which the player trains two middle-distance running athletes, one for the 400 meter discipline and one for the 800 and 1500 meter disciplines.

The player must guide his runners to success in a series of local races before they can compete in four major championship finals, the Crystal Palace, the European Championships, the World Championships and finally the Olympics. The game features forty racers using individual and realistic racing tactics against which the player must compete. The player can save the racers he trains and load them back into the game the next time he plays.

There are two levels of play and a demo mode.
In level 1 the player only has to control the pace of his runners, the game will automatically keep the runner in his running lane.
In level 2, the player must control the pace of the runner and steer the runner during the race.

This is not a button mashing game where you have to press keys in rapid sequence to get the runners moving. The racers will run once the FIRE key has been pressed. The player has to manage the energy level of the runners by controlling the pace at which they run. If they run too fast, they will have no energy left to run at the end of the race; if they run too slowly, they will be too far behind to catch up.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.